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Hindsight: Reversible Computing

Posted by Hemos on from the step-back-into-the-past dept.

One of the more interesting tech pieces that came out this week has been Hindsight [PDF]. Hindsight is made by Virtutech and is billed as the "the first complete, general-purpose tool for reverse execution and debugging of arbitrary electronic systems." The demos were received extremely well and it just looks cool.

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  1. Re:"Last Technical Hurdles"? by shish · · Score: 1, Troll
    It's in the article, the section labelled "how it works".

    Assuming most slashdotters are lazy f*cks, a condensed explanation: it takes a snapshot every couple of seconds, then when you want to go backwards it moves all the way to the previous snapshot, then runs forwards ignoring sleep() to appear instant.

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  2. Isn't this cheating??? by YodaToo · · Score: 0, Troll

    It seems there are people out there trying to make our jobs easier & easier to do, removing all of the mystery that surrounds us. With all of these fancy IDE's, debugging tools, etc. we are making ourselves less and less valuable. Before you know it, your grandmother will be an application developer and you'll be making minimum wage!

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